Irrigating apparatus



Y June 4, 1929.

R. H. EVES IRRIGATING PPARATU i .allth- Panarea Juve 4, 19,29,

- UNITED; sr

I REUBEN H.' rives; or sr'okniviii,l wAsHIpNGJroN'.

' IRRIGATING APPARATUS.

Application' mea-octb'erio, 14927., semina 225,297;y

This invention aims to provide novel means 'f whereby water can.V bedistributedevenlyand claimed, it being understood that' changes in theprecise lembodiment of "the invention herein disclosed, .may be madewithin. the.

l l scope v.of What is claimed, without departing? from the spirit ofthe invention.

In the drawings Q f i r`Figure V1 shows in .longitudinal section,

a devicec'onstructed in accordance with the' invention, parts being'in'elevation-r; f

Figure 2 isa top' plan; Y Figure 3 is across section on the line 3-3 ofFigure 1. v

The numeral -1 marks a fiume including-a bottom 2 and sides 3. Thebottom 2 of the flume 1 is supplied with spaced openings t which aredistributed over the bottom of the` flume as closely together as may beconsidered expedient, desirable, or necessary. lat gates 5 are; slidablymounted on the bottom 2, be

tween the sides 3,7and are provided with y openings 6`adapted toregister withl the openings 4, in the bottom 2. 41any desired meansmaybe providedfor holding down the gates 5 onthe bottom2. It desired,guides 7 `may be mounted ont-he sides 3,' the edges of the gates beingslidably received beneath the guides 7. The guidesy 7 at the respectivesides ofthe flume 1 are connected by stops 8 against which the gates'abut at their inner ends when the gates are closed: that is, when thegates are so arranged that the openings 6 in the gates do not registerlwith the openings 4 inthe bottom 2. The stops 8 are provided withflanges 9 which overhang the ends of the ygates 5, to aid in preventingleakage, when the gates areclosed as shown in Figure 1. Y

The open imperforate portion 10 of the bottom 2 lies between the stops8, meaning by the word open that the partlO of the bottom is notcoveredby gates. On the part 104 vofthe bottom is placed a standard l1-A TENT:forPif-CEI:f

which may'have ailateral 'foot 12 connected r by securing elements 14VVVwith the bottom.y of 'Y i i the iume. Thefstandar'd 11 hasa segmentlprovided wth'eatsx25 nd-26 A lever 16 is ulcrumed intermediate itsends, asat 17 ,uponthe standard 11,-'the'lever E being provided With alatch mechanism ,'18 under the cont-rol ofan operator, andadapted Y -tobeengaged in either offthe `seavts-`25-26 `The inner end 'of arigidlinkf19 ispivotally v n.

connected, as shownat 20,'with the lever. 16, at apointbelowvthexfulcrum'17:' The 'inner end oa rigidllink'21gispivotally'connected,f l

asshown 'at 2, with'thelever 1,6,"ata point Vaboutthe fulc'rum 17. Thelinksf217and 19 l extend in oppositedirections,and are pivf f otallymounted at their outer ends, as shown n at'23,in anchors 21which aresecured tothe When the`leve`r16 is inthe solid linefposi-4 tionof Figure31,1 the `links" 19and 21"'draw` i v the gates 5 againstthe stops8,theopeningsj f Y65in the gates being out ofregistration with",4

`the openings 4in the bottom 2. The` water, 8Oy 'i i consequently,cannot find its way out of the Y openings 6 4. When the inner ends ofthegates 5 lare in abutment with ,the stops 8, as aforesaid,the latchmechanism 18 on the lever 16' is engaged with'the seat 25.,l It ispossible, however, to Vswing the lever into dottedv lineposition ofFigure 1, the latch mechanism` 18 being engaged inthe seat 26.

The links 19 and 21, then, will move the gatesy 5 until the openings 6inthe gates registerwith the openings 4 in thebottom 2' of the j Hume l;The waterin theiiume then will".v

run out through the registering openings 5 and 6. f The gates 5 may beaslong as can be manipulated'-readily,'and one man can handle along'section of itlume,` because all thathe will be called upon to do isto niovej' some one lever 16 to another, a long section ofV flume beingopened each timethat one of the levers 16 `is swung into properdirection.`

The water viiowing vthrough the flume :l

from oneend of the -fiumey toward the other, has a tendency to move bothof the gates 5 in the same direction, longitudinallyof the flume',-but'becaus'e the gates are connected to the lever 16 on opposite sidesof its'fulcrum 17, the drag ofthe flowing wateren one gate is made tooffset the drag of the flowingVA water on the other gate, and thegatesfcan be shifted easily by meansl ofV the lever 16.

The pivoted links 21 and 19 make suchv a p l k,nected directly to alever. The lever 16furthermore, in connection with the links l 9.and

construction possible, and a gate having a straight lineslidingrmovement cannot be operated in. avsatisfactory Way ifv it rris'con- 21, is of advantage, since'ft'hereby5 Atwo gates may be'worked fromone operating element,l

With a corresponding saving of time' and of Y the materials ofconstruction.- Becausethel IO part 10 Vof the fiume is imperforate, itis stronger .than 4it Would. be v if' it had `holes' in it,`and becausethe part ll() thus is strength` ened. it makes a secure place oflmounting for l the standard 11. lBecause theportion 10,0f thebvottoniofthe flumeis imperforate, itis not necessary to have gatesfvvorking,overfit,

and the gates,y therefore, do not have to be;

fit-ted around the baseer the'standardpll, f n

IVVhat isclaimedist f' A Y.

l. In a device of" the, class described; ai ilume'colnprising a bottomandvsides, the bot-. tom having perforated areasand an iniperfof` rate`portion between the-perforated areas,

perforated 'gatesvv slidable on the bottonitov closed'. and openedpositions `,With respect to the perforated areas, a standard 'mounted on5 the rilnperforate portion of the bottom,r a t lever, a yfulcrurnconnect-ing l,the lever interel mediate itsends With the4 standard7latch, mechanisinfon the lever and adapted. to co-` Y operate with thestandard toxhold-the lever.r

' in vadjusted positions,-and. opposi'tely vextended links having theirinner ends pivoted' to the lever onoppositesidesof the fulcruln, v

the outer ends of the links being .vpivotally :connected with the gates.

2. InV a devicev of the class describedpa i iurnel comprisinof abottomand sides the bot-y tom havingperforated areas, and an iniperforateportion rbetween the perforated areas.,

there being; stops on tbe bottoni between the areas, perforatedgatesslidable on the botltone into engagement With the stops, thereby`to dispose the gatesin closedrelation to the perforated areas, aleverdisposed abo'vethe imperforate portion of the bottom, afulcruin iViinperforate portion and the perforated` forv the lever, and1oppositely extended" links the gates.

@having their inner ends pivoted to the lever .on opposite sidesofthelfulcruni, the" outer ends of. the linksbeingfpivotally connected `to3..In ka device ofthe class2described;` l

.gatesto .opened and.7 closed positions.

In testimony that YI- Vclaim ftheforegoing-las" f myl'own, I haveheretoV aixedlby signature.

REUBEN HoWARD EYES',

